When asked what my dream freelance project might be, I immediately thought, “boy, wouldn’t it be great if I could buy the RPG rights to Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels Trilogy,” since right now my work on the Lady Blackbird hack is stalled because, well, she expressly forbids RPG’s based off of her games, in spite of the healthy crop of play-by-post forums that populates the net (and has, for the last five years at least). Granted, there are only a few mainstays compared to the number that rise and fall in a given year (lesson of that story:...

Shinobicow of the Dump Stat called for players to attempt a Google Plus-hosted Legend of the Five Rings Campaign. Being the Japanese minor and role-playing buff I am, I struck at the opportunity to roll a character in a system I would likely be gamemastering for in the near future. I present to you Doji Shigeru, Courtier of the Crane Clan. Name: 度辞茂 Doji Shigeru Age: 27 Sex: Male Clan: Crane Family: Doji School: Doji Courtier School Step 1: Write 5 background and concept elements He has “purer” Crane blood than many, but this is likely what gave him his weaker...

Triple Crit is a blog for storytellers of all sorts, be they behind the GM screen, keyboard, or character sheet. Here you can find articles and advice on campaign management, adventure design, character development, writing, and geek culture.

The author, Katrina Ostrander, is a twenty-something gamer chick, game master, and blogger working in the tabletop games industry for Fantasy Flight Games. In addition to her work as an editor of tie-in fiction, she has worked on nearly a dozen roleplaying game adventures and supplements. Her opinions are her own.